foot
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
Noun 4 meanings
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
“A spider has eight feet.”
Specifically, a human foot, which is found below the ankle and is used for standing and walking.
“Southern Italy is shaped like a foot.”
Travel by walking.
“We went there by foot because we could not afford a taxi.”
The base or bottom of anything.
“I'll meet you at the foot of the stairs.”
Verb 4 meanings
To use the foot to kick (usually a ball).
To pay (a bill).
To tread to measure of music; to dance; to trip; to skip.
To walk.
Etymology
From Middle English fot, fote, foot, from Old English fōt, from Proto-West Germanic *fōt, from Proto-Germanic *fōts, from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Doublet of pes, pie (“Spanish unit of length”), and pous.
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FOOT at a glance
FOOT has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (F 4 + O 1 + O 1 + T 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,384 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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